defacement - the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape"

Congress is considering amending the Constitution - the Senate has yet to act - in order to get around a rock-solid 1989 decision by the Supreme Court holding that a law prohibiting defacement of the flag violated the First Amendment to the Constitution.

By detecting and defending against any unauthorized behavior, Sanctum protects customers against malicious cybercriminal activity -- from theft of intellectual property and customer data, to e-commerce fraud and Web site defacement -- even if a site has unknown security holes or flaws.

Bradley Paul Hampson, 29, faces up to 10 years' jail if convicted of offences relating to the defacement of Facebook memorials for Trinity Bates, 8, and Elliot Fletcher, 12, who died in separate incidents in Queensland earlier this year.

We look forward to working with SpearHead in their target markets, which include the military and government sectors, to provide a solution that halts data theft, fraud, Web defacement, and downtime resulting from attacks that exploit Web application vulnerabilities.

By detecting and defending against unauthorized behavior, Sanctum protects customers against malicious cybercriminal activity -- from intellectual property and customer data, to e-commerce fraud and Web site defacement -- even if against security holes or flaws.

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